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Sunrise over Sapelo Island, Georgia.

Before 1619, There Was 1526: The Mystery of the First Enslaved Africans in What Became the United States

Nearly one hundred years before enslaved African arrived in Jamestown, the Spanish brought 100 slaves to the coast of what is now Georgia or South Carolina.
by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on September 7, 2019

The End of the Golden Era of Chess

The recent passing of Pal Benko and Shelby Lyman draws the curtain on an American period that produced some of the game’s most sparkling play.
by Peter Nicholas via The Atlantic on September 5, 2019

The Inventor of Mother’s Day

Anna Jarvis spent years fighting the holiday’s commercialization, but that may have hastened its descent into Hallmark territory.
by Sophie Monks Kaufman via Hazlitt on May 9, 2019

The Magic of Estate Sales

These collections of everyday objects are clues to strangers’ daily lives.
by Ann Friedman via Curbed on May 1, 2019
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Living With the Dead

From rituals of mourning to spirit mediums and ghost stories, Americans' varied attempts to connect with those who have gone before us.

The (Historical) Body in Pain

How can we understand the physical pain of others?
by Cassia Roth via Nursing Clio on April 9, 2019
Illustration of birth certificate and coin necklace

Ghosts In My Blood

Regina Bradley searches for truths about her great-grandfather and his murder.
by Regina Bradley via Southern Cultures on April 9, 2019
A nurse standing by a patient's bed during the Spanish Flu.

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

Sure, it came on the heels of World War I, but it was way more deadly.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on February 18, 2019
Painting depicting Cherokee people riding, walking, and driving wagons on the Trail of Tears.

“Work of Barbarity”: An Eyewitness Account of the Trail of Tears

A missionary's account of the atrocities perpetrated against Cherokees shows that the Trail of Tears is no laughing matter.
by Evan Jones, Matthew Dessem via Slate on February 10, 2019
Sylvia Plath smiling outdoors.

What We Don’t Know About Sylvia Plath

On revelations from a chance graveside encounter.
by Emily Van Duyne via Literary Hub on January 22, 2019

Before Black Lung, the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Killed Hundreds

A forgotten example of the dangers of silica, the toxic dust behind the modern black lung epidemic in Appalachia.
by Adelina Lancianese via NPR on January 20, 2019

Sick Days

How Congress bent the rules to combat the Spanish Flu while it's own members began to become victims of the pandemic
via History, Art, & Archives: United States House of Representatives on December 17, 2018
Newspaper front-page with headline "When Gen. La Grippe Declares War on the U.S.A."
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Forgotten Flu

A look back at the so-called “Spanish Flu," how it affected the U.S., and why it’s often overlooked today.
via BackStory on November 30, 2018
WW1 soldiers wearing gas masks.

How World War I Became the First Modern War of Science

One hundred years ago, a group of U.S. academics and soldiers revolutionized warfare. We’re still seeing the results today.
by Theo Emery via Politico Magazine on November 12, 2018

Instagram's Aids Memorial: ‘History Does Not Record Itself’

The Instagram feed where friends and family post tributes to loved ones who died of Aids-related illnesses has become an extraordinary compendium of lost lives.
by Kate Kellaway via The Guardian on November 4, 2018

Was Gary Hart Set Up?

On his deathbed, GOP strategist Lee Atwater admitted he staged the events that brought down a Democratic presidential candidate.
by James Fallows via The Atlantic on October 16, 2018
Black and white photograph of Henrietta Schmerler.

How Henrietta Schmerler Was Lost, Then Found

Women anthropologists, face assault in the field, exposing victim blaming, institutional failures, and ethical gaps in academia.
by Nell Gluckman via The Chronicle of Higher Education on October 14, 2018
A man alone among the rubble of a city

TV and the Bomb

During the Cold War, nuclear weapons were a frequent plot point on television shows. Fearful depictions in the 1950's became more darkly comedic in the 1960s.
by Reba A. Wissner via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on August 13, 2018
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Spotlighting Communism & Hollywood in the Papers of Sesame Street’s Mr. Hooper

The actor who played the loveable grocer found his way to Sesame Street after being blacklisted during the Red Scare.
via American Heritage Center Blog on April 18, 2018

Reading the Soil

On the job with a pair of men who dig up bodies for a living.
by Christopher Cox via Oxford American on March 13, 2018
Parents with four daughters.

Parenting for the “Rough Places” in Antebellum America

Jane Sedgwick’s evolving ideas about her children’s natures and her ability to shape them reflected an emerging American skepticism of the perfectibility.
by Erin Bartram via Commonplace on March 1, 2018
Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso's Guernica and Modern War

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Virginia B. Spivey via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
by Jeremy Lybarger via Longreads on January 11, 2018

Teen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America

The mirage of the singer's soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home.
by Jeff MacGregor via Smithsonian on January 4, 2018
Otis Redding

Inside Otis Redding's Final Masterpiece '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay'

Co-writer Steve Cropper and other collaborators take a new look back at the legendary song, recorded just weeks before the singer’s tragic 1967 death.
by Stuart Miller via Rolling Stone on December 10, 2017
A crowd of Vietnamese civilians stare at fires burning in the distance.

I Guess I’m About to Do a Highly Immoral Thing

On "The Vietnam War."
by Richard Beck via n+1 on December 1, 2017

Cancer and Captivity: Reflections on Affliction in Puritan and Modern Times

It seemed to me that the conditions of cancer and captivity shared physical, emotional, and spiritual correspondences.
by Zabelle Stodola via Commonplace on November 21, 2017
Photograph William H. Mumler claimed was of Mary Lincoln with Abraham Lincoln's ghost.

Meet Mr. Mumler, the Man Who “Captured” Lincoln’s Ghost on Camera

When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive.
by Peter Manseau via Smithsonian on October 10, 2017
Illustration of the folk hero, John Henry, face down with a hammer in his hand.

A History of American Protest Music: This Is the Hammer That Killed John Henry

How a folk hero inspired one of the most covered songs in American history.
by Tom Maxwell via Longreads on October 4, 2017

The Falling Man

Since 9/11 the story behind the Falling Man, and the search for him, is our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
by Tom Junod via Esquire on September 9, 2017
James Garfield

The Unexpected Impact of James Garfield's Assassination

On July 2, 1881, less than a year after President James Garfield was elected the 20th president of the United States, he was shot by Charles Guiteau.
by Peter Feuerherd, Mike Sewell via JSTOR Daily on July 2, 2017
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